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Thursday, August 28, 2014

Lying WaPo Reporters

In a hit piece, a couple of 'Authorized Journalists' ( the kind Sen Dick Durbin wants to give exclusive 1A licenses) completely make up facts when they're not quoting Bloomberg as gospel. Case in point, the recent tragic and preventable shooting regarding a 9yr old and a fully auto Uzi:

The gun used at the shooting range incident, an Uzi, is a submachine gun that could be classified as either a handgun or a long gun
depending on the model and any modifications to the gun. While federal
law would prohibit minors from owning the pistol version of the gun,
there are no such federal restrictions on the rifle version.

But it’s important to note that these numbers could be too low. A recent
study found that federal reports of accidental child gun deaths are significantly underreported. There’s good reason to assume that accidental gun deaths and injuries are underreported for all ages.

That 'good reason'? Bloomberg's millions. Seriously. The 'recent study' is by Bloomie's 'Everytown' puppets assuming the numbers are higher because they want them to be. That's their evidence.

And THIS is why fewer and fewer people trust the media to get anything right.

2 comments:

I love the post dated quote about the UMAREX Uzi. If I am not mistaken, the UMAREX is a .22LR semi-auto version, not the NFA item involved in the incident. That, of course, is irrelevant to the "reporters".

While federal law would prohibit minors from owning the pistol version of the gun, there are no such federal restrictions on the rifle version.

Well, as stated it's at least almost true, if misleading; there's no federal prohibition ["such federal restrictions" referring to blanket near-prohibition] on long-arm ownership by age.

While NFA arms are tightly regulated and - because of the Hughes amendment as mentioned, incredibly expensive - I'm not actually sure that being a minor makes you fail the NFA background check, and I can't find any age limits in the law, nor do I remember any from prior readings.

(26 USC 5812 requires only that the check be completed and the stamp paid for.